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When Sidney takes Geordie on a night out to Johnny Johnson’s London jazz club, they’re meant to be leaving their worries in Grantchester. But when Amanda turns up unexpectedly, the night takes a rather different turn. Determined not to let his true feelings show, Sidney and Amanda settle into a hazy night of dancing – but their reverie is interrupted by a scream from backstage – and Geordie and Sidney learn that if you’re a policeman or a vicar, you’re never truly off duty.

Claudette (Natasha Cottriall), Johnny’s sister has been murdered, devastating everyone close to her. Archie (Peter Egan), the owner of the club and Johnny and Claudette’s father, ropes in his friend, DCI Jacob Williams (Nick Sidi) to crack the case. Geordie immediately sniffs out that the London copper is as bent as a nine bob note, whilst Sidney makes a huge discovery about Claudette that she kept from all but those closest to her. As all the leads seem to come back to Archie’s violent past, recriminations within the family begin to play out – could Claudette’s murder have been avoided if Archie chose to live his life differently?

Things are complicated further by the arrival of Gloria Dee (Camilla Marie Beeput), an enigmatic jazz singer who threatens to cause chaos in the life of anyone who draws too close.

When Sidney’s feelings for Amanda are exposed, the fallout leads the vicar to make a terrible decision that he instantly regrets. Will he chose to return to Grantchester to confess all to those he loves? And will he and Geordie be able to unravel the truth about Archie’s dark past before Claudette’s killer strikes again?

With Amanda and Guy’s wedding fast approaching, and his betrayal of Hildegard still fresh in his mind, Sidney is thrown deep into crisis. With even those closest to Sidney struggling to get through to him, is he truly cut out for life as the vicar of Grantchester? The murder of a local policeman doesn’t help matters, as Sidney allows himself to be sucked back into another investigation rather than putting his house in order. However, tragedy strikes as Geordie and Sidney close in on the killer.

With Geordie’s life hanging in the balance, and the killer still on the loose, the police close ranks, cutting Sidney out of the investigation. Believing that the police are on the wrong track, Sidney asks Mrs Maguire and Leonard if they will undertake a daring mission to help him gather much needed information about the killer. And as Sidney closes in on the man who shot Geordie, it becomes clear that the killer’s motives stretch back many years, to events that took place in the Second World War.

As Sidney does his best to comfort Geordie’s distraught wife Cathy (Kacey Ainsworth), he wrestles with his own demons about the war, and everything seems to be hurtling out of control for the young vicar. With no Amanda to turn to, and with his guilt over Hildegard running rampant, will Sidney be able to keep his head for long enough to track down the killer? Will his best friend survive the day? And in the midst of it all, will Sidney be able to admit his true feelings to Amanda before her wedding to Guy?